By the time I got back to the courtyard, it was already dark.

As soon as Zhao Huan entered the door, he was so tired that he sat on the ground, panting heavily, like a fish coming ashore.

Zhu Lian closed the courtyard door and took out a handkerchief to help Zhao Huan wipe his sweat.

After a while, Zhao Huan relieved himself and ordered: "The queen has cooked the rice." ”

"Okay."

Zhu Lian responded.

After carrying a bag of corn into the kitchen, Zhu Lian was in trouble.

Her father is the envoy of the Wukang Army, and her aunt is the biological mother of Emperor Zhezong.

Moreover, Zhao Huan only bought grain, but forgot to buy firewood and coal.

Zhao Huan waited left and right, the sky was completely dark, and he didn't see food, and under his doubts, he couldn't help but walk to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Zhu Lian's slender little hand, holding an axe, kept gesturing at a chair.

Seeing this, Zhao Huan frowned and said, "Why don't you cook?" ”

Zhu Lian smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, there is no firewood or coal, and the concubines can't cook." ”

"This ...... I was negligent. ”

Zhao Huan's face was embarrassed.

Now that it's dark, the city of Tokyo is under curfew, and people are not allowed to go out for no reason.

Seeing her holding an axe, Zhao Huan was puzzled: "What is the queen doing?" ”

Zhu Lian explained: "The concubine wants to dismantle some tables and chairs to use as firewood. ”

"I'll come."

Zhao Heng took the axe and began to chop the chair.

After two slashes, he lost his strength and was out of breath.

The husband and wife took turns to fight, and it took a lot of effort to disassemble a chair.

However, starting a fire became a problem.

I tossed and turned until 8 o'clock in the evening before I finally cooked the meal.

It is said to be rice, but in fact it is just a pot of corn porridge.

Because there is less water and I don't know how to heat it, the corn porridge is boiled into dry rice, and the bottom of the pot is pasted with a large piece, exuding a burnt smell.

Zhao Huan and Zhu Lian were husband and wife, but they felt very satisfied, after all, it was the first time to cook, and a sense of accomplishment rose in their hearts.

"Chen'er, Roujia, it's time to eat."

Zhu Lian came to the living room with food.

Ten-year-old Zhao Chen sniffed his nose and frowned, "Father, can you eat this?" ”

Zhao Huan replied: "Your father and mother made it themselves, so you can naturally eat it." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Chen tried to take a bite.

"Phew!"

As soon as the rice was eaten, Zhao Chen spit it out and shouted: "I want to eat plum blossom buns and barbecue, so I don't want to eat pig food!" ”

"Chen'er is quieter."

Zhu Lian glanced at the direction of the courtyard gate, looking nervous.

Zhao Chen lost his temper and shouted at the top of his voice: "I don't want to, why don't you let the palace live, and come here to suffer." I'm going back to the palace, I'm going to have a barbecue! ”

Syllable!

A loud slap rang out.

On Zhao Chen's white little face, a slap print suddenly appeared.

Zhao Heng had a gloomy face and scolded in a low voice: "If you dare to spill again, I will break your legs!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, Chen Er is still young, a small punishment is enough."

Zhu Lian hurriedly hugged Zhao Chen in his arms, his face full of distress.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Huan said in a deep voice: "From today onwards, don't call me Your Majesty again, you are not a queen, you know?" ”

"Minister...... The slave got it. ”

Zhu Lian nodded in response.

In the end, it is his own son, Zhao Huan stretched out his hand to wipe Zhao Chen's tears, and said softly: "It's wrong to fight for the father, but you must know that the situation is critical now, and if you are not careful, you will die." ”

Zhao Chen admitted his mistake and said: "Father, the child is wrong. ”

"Remember, don't call your father in the future, you have to call Daddy."

Zhao Huan admonished with a serious expression, and then said softly: "Let's bear with it for the past two days, and when we escape from Tokyo City, life will be better." When the time comes, whatever Chen Er wants to eat, Daddy will buy it for you. ”

"The child remembers."

Zhao Chen is a child after all, and when he heard these words, he immediately burst into tears and laughed.

Zhu Lian couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty...... Husband, are we going south to join the Emperor? ”

"Don't go!"

Zhao Huan shook his head.

"Why?"

Zhu Lian was stunned, his face full of puzzlement.

Even though Han Zhen captured the north and Gyeonggi, the south had not yet fallen, and the emperor was also there, and when he went to the south, Fujun was still the emperor.

"It is precisely because the Emperor Taishang is there that he can't go, and he is just a puppet at the mercy of others, and at the moment of crisis, he was pushed to the front desk again and carried the black pot."

Zhao Huan snorted coldly, his father, he could understand it completely.

is a ruthless, unrighteous, selfish person.

Besides, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, is also in the south, and his third brother wants to be the emperor and wants to go crazy, if he goes south, the other party may do something stupid.

He himself likes to be quiet, and after this experience, he just wants to find a place to live in seclusion.

Zhu Lian said worriedly: "If we don't go to the south, then where else can we go?" ”

"Shandong!"

Zhao Huan said in a firm tone.

"Huh?"

Zhu Lian exclaimed, and immediately hurriedly covered his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Shandong is the place where Han Zhen started, isn't it self-defeating!" ”

"You know a lot!"

Zhao Huan reprimanded, and then said proudly: "It is precisely because Shandong is Han Zhen's lair that he has to do the opposite, which is called darkness under the lamp." Besides, few people in Shandong recognize us, find a county seat, buy a house, and live our free life. ”

Zhu Lian was still worried: "But ...... But the slave always felt unsure. ”

Zhao Huan explained gently: "I can't go to the south, my father is there, if Han Zhen hits the south, I'm afraid that the old thing will be repeated again, and we will be pushed to death, and he will run away by himself." The north can't go, and the Jin people will go south at any time, and the war disasters continue. The northwest is a bitter cold place, and you can't go there, you are weak, and you are afraid that you will not survive for a few years when you go to the northwest. ”

"Thinking about it, there is only Shandong. Han Zhen is very skillful, and he has managed the land of Shandong well, and the climate is also suitable. ”

He has read Qingzhou Daily, and there is more than one copy, so he knows a little about Shandong.

Although the imperial court deliberately demonized Shandong, if it is really a purgatory on earth, why did countless businessmen go to Shandong to do business, and countless homeless people went to Shandong to make a living?

Although he brought with him a small amount of gold and silver treasures, it was enough for the family to live a prosperous life for a lifetime.

Zhao Huan even thought about it, when the time comes, he will open a bookstore, read books in his spare time, and raise fish, not to mention how comfortable it is.

"Okay."

After listening to Zhao Huan's explanation, Zhu Lian felt a little relieved.

The family of four was starving, and a pot of burnt corn was basically eaten.

Zhao Huan and Zhu Lian were so tired that they couldn't wait to bathe three times a day on weekdays, but today they didn't even bother to wash their faces, so they went into the house to rest.

Following.

As soon as the morning dawned, Zhao Huan's family got up.

Leaving Zhu Lian to cook at home, Zhao Huan carried a silver ingot in his arms and went out to step on it.

When he slipped into Wren City, he found some vendors out of the stall.

Overjoyed, he immediately sat down at the stall and ordered a bowl of soup cakes.

A bowl of soup cakes, Zhao Huan almost shed tears when he ate it, and after eating, he said: "Shopkeeper, I'm tired of bringing thirty more cooking cakes." ”

With cooking cakes, who still eats that corn porridge?

The peddler smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I haven't steamed this basket of cakes yet." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Huan nodded and sat on the stall.

Looking around, he pretended to be casual and asked, "Shopkeeper, may you be out of the city now?" ”

The hawker replied: "Yes, yes, but it needs a certificate issued by the Kaifeng Prefecture." ”

Why?

Zhao Huan suddenly chuckled in his heart.

Oops, forget about this stubble!

Without a reason, even if you escape from Tokyo City, you can't go to Shandong, and you can't enter the county.

Zhao Heng pretended to be and said: "There are so many people in Jingshi, can the government be busy?" ”

The peddler hurriedly said: "Naturally, I can't be busy, it is said that the students who are too learned have been asked to help." ”

When Zhao Huan was anxious, he pretended to be calm on his face, and continued to ask: "Do you need a reason to visit relatives outside the city?" ”

"As long as you don't leave Kaifeng Mansion, you don't need a reason."

The vendor waved his hand and explained.

The diner at the other table said, "Do you know that the official family has fled?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Huan was shocked.

The peddler suddenly became interested and hurriedly asked, "Escaped?" ”

The diner replied: "That's right, it is said that there is a secret passage in the palace, and when Grandpa Erlang entered the outer city, the official family escaped from the city along the secret passage. ”

The peddler joked: "Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of rats will make holes." ”

"Hahaha!"

This witty remark immediately caused a group of diners to laugh.

Zhao Huan was shocked and frightened when he heard it, and after the cooking cake was steamed, he paid the money and left in a hurry.

Back in the courtyard, Zhu Lian was having breakfast with his two children.

Zhu Lian beckoned: "Husband, come and eat some." ”

"I've eaten it, and I've brought you cooking cakes."

Zhao Huan said, placing the cloth bag holding the cooking cake on the table.

Hearing that there were cooking cakes to eat, the two children immediately put down their chopsticks, untied the cloth bag, picked up one and bit it.

Seeing that he frowned, Zhu Lian said with concern: "Husband, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Huan explained the reason.

Zhu Lian immediately panicked: "That...... So what to do? Or go to the south. ”

"I'm not going, I'm going to you."

Zhao Huan had a straight face.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Huan said: "No matter what, we have to escape from Tokyo City first, the matter of the secret passage of the palace has been exposed, once Han Zhen finds out where the secret passage is, he will definitely find us along the secret passage." ”

"Husband, the slaves will listen to you."

Zhu Lian is a woman in the end, and she is completely unassertive at the moment.

"Let's go now!"

Zhao Huan clapped his hands and said.

He was not stupid in the end, he hid the gold and silver separately on the bodies of the four people, and after bringing the rest of the cooking cakes, the family of four walked out of Ji'er Lane and went straight to Chen Qiaomen.

From afar, I saw a long line of people guarding the city gate, and the people entering and leaving the city gate.

A trace of panic flashed in Zhu Lian's eyes, Zhao Huan was no better, and his legs and stomach began to tremble.

After waiting in line for half an hour, it was finally their turn.

A Qingzhou soldier stopped them, looked Zhao Huan's family up and down, and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Zhao Huan replied tremblingly: "Back to the military master, let's go back to Xiangfu to visit relatives." ”

The soldier pointed to the package behind him: "The bag on his back is open. ”

Zhao Huan swallowed his saliva, took off the burden and opened it.

Seeing that it was full of cooking cakes, the soldier waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Huan was stunned.

Qingzhou Jun said impatiently: "Ah what, hurry up, don't block the people behind." ”

"Thank you, Master Jun."

Zhao Huan's heart welled up with a burst of ecstasy, and after re-tying up his baggage, he walked out of the city gate quickly.

All the way out of the city gate, they did not stop, for fear that there would be pursuers.

I walked for nearly a mile before I stopped to rest.

Glancing at the direction of the Jingshi behind him, Zhao Huan was a little incredulous, he went out of the city so easily.

In fact, Han Zhen didn't bother to pay attention to him at all.

Otherwise, he would not have escaped.

(End of chapter)